Yesterday, I took a break from researching to go to a talk that sounded interesting, “Slave Medicine and the Banality of Evil.”I have to say, I don't usually find historical talks given by physicians that interesting, but this was not only fascinating, but it also gave me some really great ideas about teaching race and medicine in the future ( Read more... )

Last week I had the pleasure of seeing Margaret Atwood speak at the Earth Day conference at the Monona Terrace (both her public lecture and the smaller, more informal one she gave to CHE affiliates) (Atwood blogged about it here). She was a professional and wonderfully hilarious speaker, handling the typical Madison "question and answer" period ( Read more... )